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dana is joining us right now. dana, a lot of comparisons between what the republicans are planning to do this week and what they did back in 1994. >> right, you remember the images from 1994, right? it was the big, dramatic ceremony on the steps of the capital. you can see newt gingrich back then. that was their -- of course, their attempt after being in the minority for 40 years in the house to unveil their ten-point contract with america, legislation they promised to pass. but what house republicans plan to do this coming thursday is the same concept laying out an agenda for how they would govern if they're in charge, but it will look and feel very different. you will see the faces of the house republican leadership. i think they have them. that's who you're going to see this coming thursday. they're going to be not on the steps of the capitol but in a hardware store in northern virginia. it's by design emphasizing the issue, jobs and the economy. >> what do we know about what's going to be in their agenda? >> f
dana is joining us right now. dana, a lot of comparisons between what the republicans are planning to do this week and what they did back in 1994. >> right, you remember the images from 1994, right? it was the big, dramatic ceremony on the steps of the capital. you can see newt gingrich back then. that was their -- of course, their attempt after being in the minority for 40 years in the house to unveil their ten-point contract with america, legislation they promised to pass. but what...
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stay with us. you are in "the situation room." >>> bob woodward was just getting started about writing about occupants of the white house n 1994, he wrote the agenda about president clinton, in which he revealed disputes, temper tantrums and heated dewaits in the president's second year in office. in 2004, woodward authored "plan of attack" about president george w. bush in which he famously revealed how cia director george tenant told bust bush that it was a slamdunk that saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction. in 2006, woodward wrote "state of denial," also about bush, and revealed in that book how the president failed to tell the truth about how bad lit war in iraq was going. woodward has written 16 books in all and they have all been best sellers. he is an intrepid writer, reporter who will stay on the story until he gets something that to one else has. it used to be said the worst news you could get at the office was somebody telling you "60 minutes" is on the phone and they want to ta
stay with us. you are in "the situation room." >>> bob woodward was just getting started about writing about occupants of the white house n 1994, he wrote the agenda about president clinton, in which he revealed disputes, temper tantrums and heated dewaits in the president's second year in office. in 2004, woodward authored "plan of attack" about president george w. bush in which he famously revealed how cia director george tenant told bust bush that it was a...
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the small elite don't get us. they call us wacky, they call us wing nuts. we call us we, the people. >> i want to bring in our senior political analyst, gloria borger. you were watching this, you were listening to this, give us a sense of the response? how did the crowd respond to her message? >> she was clearly well receive received as you saw. and today's event not only just o'donnell, but all of the speakers were embracing the tea party themes that we've heard so much about the campaign season already. ant anti-big government, anti-health care. anti-any kind of bailout. but the thing that was interesting about what we just heard from o'donnell was this class warfare argument. the us versus them which we hear a lot from sarah palin. >> sure. >> theouith anti-americanism o so class. not as if the cultural issues have disappeared. at the values summit, they're still there. a lot of talk of don't ask, don't tell. they've been supplanted at this point by the tea party themes of anti-big government and us versus the elites in washington. >> i'm curious as to h
the small elite don't get us. they call us wacky, they call us wing nuts. we call us we, the people. >> i want to bring in our senior political analyst, gloria borger. you were watching this, you were listening to this, give us a sense of the response? how did the crowd respond to her message? >> she was clearly well receive received as you saw. and today's event not only just o'donnell, but all of the speakers were embracing the tea party themes that we've heard so much about the...